A round-the-clock courier and haulage firm has undergone a major re-brand – after quadrupling its workforce in just 12 months.

The company – now known as Dulogis – had been operating as UKSameday based in Biddulph, offering a fast and reliable distribution service to customers across the country.

But after enjoying recent steady growth, the firm has relocated to a new headquarters in Stone Road, Tittensor, increased its fleet of vehicles to around 30 and quintupled the size of its workforce – from a team of eight to 40.

Now it plans to expand even further across the UK – with additional sites and the creation of more jobs.

Craig Chapman, who founded the company in 2003, said: “When I started the business it was just me. I borrowed a van and basically knocked on people’s doors asking if there was anything I could do for them.

“Quite early on I picked up regular work for Roberts Bakery and everything just went from there. I bought new vans to cope with their demands, and the demands from new customers.

“When I first started out it was just a way of earning money for me, but in about 2013 I really started to see the potential of the business and started to put plans in place to grow.

“Since then we have grown organically, particularly in the past two years.”

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Craig added: “We offer a fast and reliable service and we deliver when we say we are going to deliver, that’s where we stand out from our competitors. The ethos of our team is that we are problem solvers, and if we can’t solve a customer’s problem then we have failed.”

Dulogis is part of a national distribution network of 10,000 vehicles which allows it to offer a 24/7 delivery service at just one hour’s notice.

It has transported loads for many blue-chip companies, including JCB, Michelin and Bentley, while also carrying out work for private individuals, such as collecting Ebay goods and delivering urgent items including forgotten passports to airports and laptops to business meetings.

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The company has recently invested £100,000 in developing its website and introducing new, bespoke digital software where customers can get an instant quote and book a vehicle online.

Craig said: “We are quite a young company so we are investing in and embracing new technology to take the business forward.

“Having worked in the industry, and on the other side, I know how difficult it can be trying to find a reliable courier service at short notice, so our online services solve this issue.”

The new technology will also allow Craig and his management team to monitor ‘hot spots’ around the country – paving the way for the launch of additional Dulogis sites, both inside and outside of Staffordshire.